Prairie Sunrise Pano

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 14, 2013162 views6 comments

It seems like I shot one or more panos every time I go out lately. On the prairie it is so hard to get the entire effect of a scene in a single image. This is a 5 image pano combined in PSE9. That is one thing I like about living on the prairie is you can see the sky and the sunrises and sunsets. I had to adjust my exposure as I panned because the brightness varied across the scene. I know it is harder to evaluate a pano because of size restrictions, but I do appreciate all comments and critiques.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
Shutter 0.4, 0.3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/5
Aperture f14
ISO 400
63mm
Tripod and remote shutter release
Cropped some from the bottom

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 14, 2013 at 4:48 PM

I wish there were a way to see this in detail. The sky is great and really does speak of the vastness and glory of a prairie sky. I do wish for some detail or shape in the foreground and knowing full well the challenge of finding shapely foregrounds in the prairie I recognize that I may be asking for the nearly impossible. You balancing exposures and combining images looks great.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 14, 2013 at 5:10 PM

Pretty scene Richard, love the large expanse of sky and warm colors, I also like how you presented the foreground, this works very well for me. Beautiful work.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 14, 2013 at 9:21 PM

Magnificent pano Richard! Even shows well and has a wonderful impact at this size. The color, saturation and your processing in general is excellent here. Beautiful sky.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on January 14, 2013 at 9:22 PM

I like the textures in the clouds and the vibrant colors. This really has an abstract feel to it with the featureless landscape. I think that I would like to see at least some detail in the landscape though.

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on January 14, 2013 at 10:21 PM

Nice job stitching these. The colors in the sky are beautiful. I think I would prefer something with more interest in the FG but the sky is the show so it works as presented.

Registered on September 1, 2011, 35 Posts, 748 Comments

Comment posted by Jeff Bushnell on January 19, 2013 at 2:04 PM

i love th ebeautiful colors--especially the variations of red in the sky. I comes across to me as almost an abstract painting which is beautiful.

Registered on April 3, 2011, 20 Posts, 122 Comments